Belle

Author: Lesley Pearse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913099824
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536

Book Description
A sweeping historical saga from the internationally best-selling author Lesley Pearse. London, 1910. Though raised in a brothel, fifteen-year-old Belle is still an innocent, carefree girl. That all changes when she witnesses a murder. After seeing a girl strangled by her client, Belle's life is turned upside down. From the brothel to the streets, Belle is sold into the seedy world of sex trafficking and shipped away to New Orleans where she is made a courtesan. With little autonomy and even less hope, Belle is at the mercy of the men she is forced to entertain. With a broken spirit, dreams of her home and family are all that keep Belle going. But if she were to find her freedom, would she have a home to return to? PRAISE FOR LESLEY PEARSE & BELLE 'An atmospheric cracker with lots of twists' - Woman 'Pearse will pull on your heartstrings with this well-crafted story' - Sun 'Storytelling at its very best' - Daily Mail 'Evocative, compelling, told from the heart' - Sunday Express 'Glorious, heart-warming' - Woman & Home 'Intrigue, heart-tugging, beautifully written' - Closer 'Characters it is impossible not to care about' - Daily Mail

Belle

Author: Paula Byrne
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006231078X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
The sensational true tale that inspired the major motion picture Belle starring Tom Wilkinson, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Penelope Wilton, and Matthew Goode—a stunning story of the first mixed-race girl introduced to high society England and raised as a lady. The illegitimate daughter of a captain in the Royal Navy and an enslaved African woman, Dido Belle was sent to live with her great-uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, one of the most powerful men of the time and a leading opponent of slavery. Growing up in his lavish estate, Dido was raised as a sister and companion to her white cousin, Elizabeth. When a joint portrait of the girls, commissioned by Mansfield, was unveiled, eighteenth-century England was shocked to see a black woman and white woman depicted as equals. Inspired by the painting, Belle vividly brings to life this extraordinary woman caught between two worlds, and illuminates the great civil rights question of her age: the fight to end slavery. Belle includes 20 pages of black-and-white photos.

Rebel Belle

Author: Rachel Hawkins
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 110160333X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper's destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal fighting instincts. Just when life can't get any more disastrously crazy, Harper finds out who she's charged to protect: David Stark, school reporter, subject of a mysterious prophecy and possibly Harper's least favorite person. But things get complicated when Harper starts falling for him--and discovers that David's own fate could very well be to destroy Earth. With snappy banter, cotillion dresses, non-stop action and a touch of magic, this new young adult series from bestseller Rachel Hawkins is going to make y'all beg for more. “As surprising as it is delicious.”—BCCB, starred review “Fun with a twist of supernatural and Southern charm.” —VOYA “The romance, coming-of-age aspects, and a well-drawn heroine with a crackling wit will lure in readers.” —Booklist

Belle

Author: Beverly Jenkins
Publisher: Kimani Press
ISBN: 1426826249
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252

Book Description
After a grueling escape north, Belle Palmer is free, yet lost and alone. Separated from her father on the harrowing journey, Belle has nowhere to turn until she finds shelter with the Bests, the first free family she's ever known. For the first time in her sixteen years, Belle is able to express herself freely—except where her feelings for a certain dark-eyed young man are concerned. Daniel Best is headed for great things. Educated and handsome, at eighteen he is full of the promise and dreams of his people, and is engaged to the prettiest (if the most spoiled) girl around. So when a bedraggled stranger arrives in his household and turns into a vibrant, lovely young woman, his attraction to her catches him entirely by surprise. While Belle is determined to deny her feelings for him, Daniel is caught between his conscience and his infatuation with her. That the two belong together is undeniable, but that it could ever happen seems impossible.

Belle

Author: Treasure Hernandez
Publisher: Urban Books
ISBN: 1622862678
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Named for her beauty, Belle Dubois is as sweet as can be. Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, she is always given the best—until her world is turned upside down. When she away in her second year of college, she receives a call informing her that her parents have been murdered. She soon finds out that they were broke, and subsequently, so is she. With no home and nowhere to go, Belle is whisked under the wing of a woman named Aria, better known by her stage name, Passion. Before she knows it, Belle becomes a part of an underground world that she knows nothing about—one filled with bright lights, sexy clothing, and shiny poles. The money starts to pour in, and soon Belle loses herself in the very same fantasy she gives every night. Her heart has a void that only money can fill, but when she meets a handsome brother named Kidd Bryce, her perspective begins to change. He shows her a side to life that she didn’t know existed. Just when she is about to say goodbye to the fast life for good, her past comes knocking on her door. The night Belle’s family was murdered, everyone was supposed to die . . . including her. In a race against the clock, she must find out who ordered the deadly hit in the first place, and why, before her own time runs out.

I Am the Beast (Disney Beauty and the Beast)

Author: Andrea Posner-Sanchez
Publisher: Golden/Disney
ISBN: 0736439072
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A new Little Golden Book all about the Beast from Disney's Beauty and the Beast! Don't judge a Beast by his gruff exterior! This new Little Golden Book is all about the furry star of the beloved Disney movie Beauty and the Beast. Belle, Lumiere, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, and Chip are all featured in this beautifully-illustrated Little Golden Book. With a unique art style, this book is a must-have for children ages 2 to 5, plus Beauty and the Beast fans—and collectors—of all ages!

Belle

Author: Joyce Dunn
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1934925357
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
"I couldn't wait to see what was coming next in Belle's life." - Sara Powers, elementary teacher "I loved the way she describes life on a small farm in the early 1900's." - Gwen Rice, librarian "What a woman!" - David Martin, Editor of Fine Lines Sitting at the table was a rail thin woman I'd never seen before. She had raven black hair, shapely black eyebrows, bright red lipstick, and thick pancake makeup. She was wearing red silk lounging pajamas with white polka dots. Her nails were long and also red. A large diamond adorned one finger, and numerous rings were scattered on her other fingers. The final touch was the cigarette in a long black holder. When introductions were made, I learned this was Aunt Belle, it seemed obvious even to an eight-year-old that everyone wished Aunt Belle would just disappear. Joyce Dunn reveals the life and times of a bigger-than-life character trying to shape the world and find her place in it.

Belle Moskowitz

Author: Elisabeth Israels Perry
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429761708
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434

Book Description
It is commonly believed that women’s entry into the political realm is a recent phenomenon. Originally published in 1992, Belle Moskowitz shatters that myth, restoring to history the career of a remarkable woman who achieved unprecedented influence and power in American politics many decades before the contemporary era. As political advisor to Alfred E. Smith, four-term governor of New York and presidential candidate. Moskowitz played a crucial role in both state and national politics throughout the 1920s. Elisabeth Israels Perry, who is Moskowitz’s granddaughter, has thoroughly searched through private and public records to document Moskowitz’s career, drawing as well on the reminiscences of Moskowitz’s daughter Miriam Israels Gabo. This outstanding biography was co-winner of the New York State Historical Association Manuscript Prize in 1987.

Belle Boyd

Author: Ruth Scarborough
Publisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865545557
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
At age 17 Belle Boyd shot and killed a Union soldier; at age 19 she was in a Union prison, a Confederate spy who got caught. A spunky West Virginia girl full of charm and with a zest for adventure, Belle worked among the highest-ranking officers and lowliest foot soldiers of the Civil War with an indomitable spirit that defied Union authority.As a spy Belle Boyd was amateurish, yet she managed to confuse Union officers and convey useful information to Southern military leaders. Southern newspapers dubbed her Joan of Arc of the South, Siren of the Shenandoah, and Cleopatra of the Secession, while Northern reporters referred to her as camp follower, the most overrated spy, and insincere courtesan. French newspapers, meanwhile, reported the exploits of La Belle Rebelle.Like many historical figures, Belle Boyd may appear in retrospect larger than life, but in this delightful biography her life is portrayed within the limits of its actual dimensions.

Belle Chance

Author: Perry D. Jamieson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andrews Air Force Base (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description